Police Arrest 3 With Human Parts In Osun

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The Osun State Police Command has arrest of three men for allegedly being in unlawful possession of human body parts, as well as for conspiracy and abuse of a corpse in Ile-Ogbo.

In a statement released by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Gotan, on Monday, the suspects were identified as Taiwo Ogunbode, 47; Thomas Ogo, 52; and Lateef Afeez, 30.

The police revealed that the arrests were made following a credible information received on December 3, 2025, which revealed that certain individuals in Ile-Ogbo, near Iwo, were allegedly keeping human parts.

“Acting on the information, operatives from Iwo Area Command swiftly moved to the location and arrested the suspects inside a dilapidated building.

“Items recovered from the suspects included two plastic containers holding human skin, a white gown allegedly used to bury a corpse, and two dried bones suspected to be human.

“Other exhibits listed by the police were 21 pieces of teeth suspected to be human teeth, four horns wrapped with red cloth, three small nylon bags containing suspected human hair, and a small knife,” the statement said.

The police also recovered a substance suspected to be Indian hemp and a cash sum of N127,000 from the suspects.

According to the police, “the suspects confessed to the crime and admitted that they exhumed the human parts from a grave at a Muslim cemetery in the Gaa-Fulani area of Ile-Ogbo.

“They stated that the human parts were intended for money-making rituals. Further investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly belonged to a syndicate that specialised in exhuming corpses from cemeteries for criminal purposes.”

The statement further disclosed that the suspects would be charged in court upon the conclusion of investigations.